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No. 622,!03. Patented Mar. 28, I899. S. BERARD.

WINDING MACHINE.

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ATENT SIMEON BERARD, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WINDING-MACHINE.

sPEoiFIcArIoiv forming part Letters Patent no. 622,103, dated. March 28,1899. Application iiled April 27, 1898. Serial No. 679,005. (No model.)

To all til/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON BERARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inWinding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to winding-machines; and its object is to provideimproved means for automatically reciprocating or moving the ring-railup and down, so as to insure the yarn being wound evenly thereon; also,-to provide an improved cop-forming cam for automatically causing thebobbins to be tapered or beveled at the ends and a stop-motion cam forstopping the machine when the bobbins are full.

The present invention is designed as an improvement upon the inventiondisclosed in an application for Letters Patent filed by me October 6,1897, Serial No. 654,263; and it,

consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of awinding-machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View, on an enlargedscale, of the cam-frame, showing the filling, the cop-forming, andbuilding and stop-motion cams and other parts. 'Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the building and stop-motion cams. Fig. 5 is asimilar View of the cam for forming the cop. Fig. 6 is a longitudinalsectional View of the cam-shaft and cams. Fig. 7 is an elevation of themeans for stopping the machine when the bobbins are full. Fig. 8 is adetail elevation of the pawl-and-ratche mechanism.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates themachine-frame, and 2 the vertically-movable ring-rail, supported by arod 3 passing through a hole in the horizontal spindle-rail 4. The lowerend of this rod is pivotally connected with a lever, hereinafterdescribed, for vertically reciprocating the ring-rail. The numeral 5designates the spindles, journaled to the rail 4 and provided withpulleys 6, by which they are rotated. The numeral 7 designates thebobbins, which are movable with said frame.

intermediate gears 21 and 23.

provided with a pin '38.

The parts so far described may be similar to the machine shown in myaforesaid appli-' cation or they may be of any other ordinary orsuitable construction.

The numeral 8 designates the camframe near the bottom of the machine atone end ,2 provided with a horizontal shaft 9, provided at one end witha worm-wheel 10, with which engages a worm-gear 12 at the lower end of avertical shaft 13, provided at its upper end with a beveled pinion 14,which is driven by a corresponding pinion 15 on a horizontal shaft 16.This shaft is provided with a cog wheel 17, which is driven by adriving-shaft 19 through the medium of a pinion 20 and Mounted on saidshaft 19 is a fast pulley 24 and a loose pulley 25.

The numeral 26 designates a laterally-movable shifting device forshifting the belt (not shown) from one pulley to the other.

The shaft 9 is formed with a horizontal groove 27, in which is located alaterally-movable key 28, provided at one end with a lug 29 and at theother end with an enlarged portion 80, projecting beyond the peripheryof the shaft, and also provided with a lug 31. Mounted on said shaft isa cam 32, which is rotatable with and also laterally movable 011 saidshaft by means of the enlarged portion of the key engaging with a groovetherein. This cam I term the filling-cam, as by its action the bobbinsare vertically reciprocated to insure the even winding of the yarn. Alsomounted on said shaft and rotatable therewith and laterally slidablethereon is a heartshaped tapering cam 34,which1 term the copforming cam,by means of which the bevel or taper is given to the ends of thebobbins. The enlarged portion of said slidable key also engages with agroove in said cam, and the lug 31 bears against the outer end of thecam.

The numeral 36'designates a pin secured to a horizontally-movablefeed-slide 37, also These pins project through a slot 39 in one of thesides of said cam-frame and serve as guides for the slide. The said pin38 projects beyond the outer side of the slide and is adapted to strikeand operate a vertical lever 40, which is pivoted to one end of aworm-shaft 44. This lever is provided with a pawl 42, which engages withnal edge 53.

a ratchet-wheel 43 on the intermittently-rotatin g shaft 44, so that assaid slide is moved forward by said pin it will engage with and rotatethe ratchet. Secured to said shaft is a worm 45, which engages with acorrespond ing worm-wheel 46 on a building and stopmotion cam 47,hereinafter described, loosely mounted on the shaft 9 and the outer endof which engages with the lug 29 of the sliding key. Connected with saidslide 37 is one end of a chain {48, which passes over a pulley 49 and atits opposite end is provided with a hook 50, which removably engageswith an eye or loop 011 a rock-shaft 51. This chain where disconnectedfrom said shaft is adapted to be connected with a weight 52. Thecam-face of the stop-motion cam is in the form of a spiral and has astraight longitudi- This cam engages with a dog 54, secured to thecam-frame, so that as the cam is intermittently rotated by the wormwheeland shaft operated by the lever, pawl, ratchet, and slide it will bemoved laterally forward on the shaft 9. \Vhen the said stopmotion camreaches the end of its forward motion, the dog 54 will come intocoincidence with the straight edge 53 of the cam and allow the latter tobe moved back by a pin 56 thereon engaging with a rotatable shaft 57,formed with a spiral groove 58. This shaft is driven by the cog-wheel59, secured thereto, which meshes with a cog-wheel 60 on the shaft 9.The rock-shaft 51 is also provided with an eye or loop 61, with which isremovably connected a hook (52 on one end of a chain 63. This chainextends over a pulley 4 and its opposite end is connected with alaterally-movable rod which works in a sleeve (35, secured to thecam-frame. The free end of this rod is provided with a roller 67,whiehengages with the cop-forming cam. Secured to said rock-shaft 51 is achain 68, which is connected with a segment-head at one end of a lever69, the other end of which is connected with rod 3, so that as saidrock-shaft is oscillated the ring-rail will be vertically reciprocated.Secured to said stop-n1 otion cam is a pin 70, which is adapted tostrike against the lower end of an elbow-lever 71, the short arm 72 ofwhich engages with a shoulder '73 on one end of the horizontally-movablerod 74, which works in bearings 75. This rod is connected by a bracket76 to the belt-shifter 2G and is provided with a lug 78, between whichand one of said bearings is interposed a coiled spring 7 0, which shootsthe belt-shifter when the arm 72 is disengaged from the shoulder 73.

At the beginning of the operation the cams will be at the right of thecam-frame, with the dog 54 engaging with the inner end of the spiralface of the stop-motion cam and the chain connected with the slideoperated by the filling-cam disconnected from the rock-shaft 51 and thechain connected with the roller which is actuated by the cop-forming camsecured to said shaft. The machine is now set in motion by shifting thebeltfrom the loose to the fast pulley, the short arm of the lever 71engaging with the shoulder 73 of the rod 74, so as to hold thebelt-shifter and keep the belt on the fast pulley. The shaft 9 will nowbe rotated by the wornrwheel and connections from the driving-shaft. Asthe said shaft rotates the filling-cam is correspondingly rotated, whichacting on the pin of the slide 37 will cause the latter to bereciproeated back and forth, and the worm-shaft and stop-motion cam willbe rotated through the medium of the ratchet 43, pawl 42, and lever 40.The slide makes one reciprocation for each revolution of thefilling-cam, pushing the slide toward the right during one half of therevolution and turning the shaft 44, and during the other half of therevolution allowing the slide to be pulled in the opposite direction bythe weight 52, the pawl 42 riding over the teeth of ratchet 40. Thisreciprocation of the slide is caused by the peculiar formation of thefilling-cam, and the ratchet is moved one tooth or step at eachreciprocation. As the stop-motion cam is thus intermittently rotated thedog 54 engages with the front end of the spiral cam-face thereof,causing said cam and the filling and cop-forming cams to be movedforward or toward the left end of the machine. During this operation theroller 67 rides upon the cam 34, which by its peculiar formation willcause the ring-rail, through its connections, to be verticallyreciprocated, and by the shape of said cam the stroke of the ring-railwill be gradually shortened, so that the ends of the bobbin will betapered. After said ends are thus tapered the chain (33 is disconnectedfrom the rock-shaft 51 and the weight 52 detached from the chain 48 andthe latter connected with the rock-shaft. The ring-rail will now bemoved up and down through the medium of the filling-cam and the slide37. The filling operation is continued until the bobbins are full, whenthe stop-cam will have made a complete revolution. The said cam will nowride off of the dog 54, and the pin 56 will engage with the spiralgroove in the rotating shaft 57, whereby said stop-cam, filling-cam, andcop-forming cam will be returned to the right-hand end of the machine.The sliding key and the lugs on the ends thereof cause the filling-camand cam 34 to move with the stop-cam. As said stop-cam reaches its firstposition the pin thereof will strike and actuate the elbow-lever 71,releasing the belt-shifter, so that the belt will be shifted from thefast to the loose pulley and the machine stopped. During the latter partof the above operation the cop-forming cam will perform no function, thefillingcam causing the yarn to be wound evenly upon the bobbin, thecop-forming cam being onlyemployed to cause the taper at the ends of thebobbin at the beginning of the operation. The cop-forming cam may bedisconnected from the rock-shaft which reciprocates the ring-rail at anystage For winding a bobbin withof the operation.

out tapered ends thecop-forming cam is not used, but is disconnectedfrom the rockshaft.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In awinding-machine, the combination with the vertically-reciprocatingring-rail, the supporting-rod, the lever connected therewith and therock-shaft connected with said lever, of the cam-frame,the slideprovided with pins, the chains connected with said slide and removablyconnected with said rock-shaft, the rotatable shaft journaled in saidcam-frame, the filling-cam rotatable with and slidable thereon, thelever with which one of the pins on the slide is adapted to engage, thepawl pivoted to said lever, the ratchet-wheel with which said pawlengages, the worm-shaft to which said ratchet-wheel is secured, the stopmotion cam rotatable on and slidable on said rotatable shaft having aspiral cam-face and a straight edge parallel to the axis of said cam,the dog connected with the cam-frame engaging therewith, and theworm-wheel on said cam with which the said worm-shaft engages,substantially as described.

2. In a winding-machine, the combination with thevertically-reciprocatin g ring-rail, the supporting-rod,the leverconnected therewith, and the rock-shaft with which said lever isconnected, of' the cam-frame, the slide provided with pins,the chainconnected therewith and removably connected with said rockshaft, therotatable shaft journaled in the cam-frame, the fillingcan1 rotatablewith and slidable on said shaft, the pin secured thereto for operatingthe slide, the stop=motion cam rotatable and slidable on said camprovided with a spiral cam-face and astraight edge parallel to the axisof the head, means for intermittently operating said cam by themovement-of the filling-cam, the dog on the camframe, the pin on thestop-motion cam, the rotatable shaft formed with a spiral groove withwhich said pin engages, and the gears for rotating the same,substantially as described.

3. In a winding-machine, the combination with the cam-frame, therotatable shaft journaled thereon formed with a longitudinal groove, andthe sliding key located on said groove formed with an enlarged portionand with alug at each end, of the cop-forming and filling cams rotatablewith and slidable on said shaft, and thestop-motion cam rotatable andslidable on said shaft, substantially as described.

4. In a winding-machine, the combination with the cam-frame and therotatable shaft, of the cop-forming and filling cams rotatable with andslidable on said shaft, the intermittently-rotatable stop-motion camrotatable and slidable on said shaft, and means for causing said cams tomove laterally on said shaft, in unison, substantially as described.

5. In a winding-machine, the combination withthe rotatable filling-cam,and the inter= erally-movable rod having a roller engaging I with saidcop-forming cam, the .sleeve, the chain secured to said rod,therock-shaft with which said chain is adapted to be engaged,- and thepulley over which said chain passes, substantially as described.

7. In a Winding-machine, the combination with the ring-rail, thesupporting-rod, the lever connected therewith and the rock-shaftconnected with said lever, of the cam-frame provided with a slot, theslide provided with pins projecting through said slot, the chainconnected with said slide and removably c0n= nected with the rock-shaft,the rotatable shaft journaled inthe cam-frame and formed with alongitudinal groove, the sliding key located in said groove formed withan enlarged portion and with a lug at each end, the cop-'- forming andfilling cams rotatable with and slidable on said shaft, the pivotedlever, the pawl, the ratchet-wheel with which said pawl en gages,-theworm-shaf t to which said ratchet wheel is secured, the stop-motion campro-' vided with a Worm-wheel with which said worm-shaft engages andformed with a spiral cam-face and a straight edge parallel to the axisof said cam, the dog secured to the camframe, the pin on saidstop-motion cam, the rotatable shaft formed with a spiral groove, thegear or pinion on said shaft and the intermeshing gear secured to themain shaft journaled in the cam-frame, substantially as described.

8. In a winding-machine, the combination with thevertically-reciprocating ring-rail, the supporting-rod, the leverconnected therewith, and the rock-shaft connected with said lever, ofthe cam-frame, the rotatable shaft,

, the cop-forming cam rotatable therewith and slidable thereon, thesleeve secured to said frame, the rod working therein provided with aroller contacting with said cam, the chain secured to said rod andadapted to be connected with said rock -sha'ft, the filling and stopcams connected with said cop-forming cam and means for moving saidfilling and stop-motion cams in unison, substantially as described.

9. In a winding-machine, the combination with the rotatable shaft, thestop-cam slidable thereon provided with a pin 56, the shaft having aspiral groove with which said pin is adapted to engage the pin 70carried by said cam and the gears for rotating the earn, 0f the movablebelt-shifter, the springmy hand in presence of two subscribingwitaetuated rod connected therewith having a nesses. shoulder at oneend, the elbow-lever engaging with said shoulder and adapted to be 5struck by the pin '70 on said cam to release \Vitnesses:

the belt-shifter, substantially as described. JOSEPH MENARD,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set JOSEPH A. GAUTHIER.

SIMEON BERARD.

